March 2011
7 posts
List of inventors killed by their own inventions →
§ 18.2-368. Placing or leaving wife for...
Just happened to come across this extremely weird law while browsing through Virginia’s codes and statutes…
Any person who, by force, fraud, intimidation or threats, places or leaves, or procures any other person to place or leave his wife in a bawdy place for the purpose of prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse, shall be guilty of pandering, punishable as a Class 4 felony.
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Interesting Historical Tidbit, and Justice...
“After American and Cuban forces evicted the Spanish from Cuba in 1898, the United States military remained on forty-five square miles along the southern coast of the island. The American presence became official with a treaty signed by the two nations in 1903, eventually settling on an annual rent at $4,085. To this day, the American government offers payment to the Cuban government every...
B. R. Myers and the Myth of 'Sustainable' Food →
” … The fact that foodies so often construct their pursuit of rarified taste to be an environmentally and socially responsible act only intensifies the ugly paradox at the core of the movement. Essentially the message sustainable foodies end up of delivering goes something like this: Only a few can eat the way we eat, but the way we eat is the best way to achieve social and...
